In 2006 the former Bridgnorth Folk Festival moved to Shrewsbury leaving a void that was filled by three guys from Highley who wanted to continue with a festival over the August Bank Holiday. Malcolm, Alan and Mark organised a series of great events including a festival in the High Street and events at venues throughout the area.

The festival committee has changed over the years but we still follow a similar format with a main event in the High Street on the Sunday before August bank holiday Monday, an event on the Quayside on bank holiday Monday and an event in the Castle grounds on the following Saturday. There is a NEW part to the festival on Saturday 27th, with a ROCK stage.... seven rock bands and seven acoustic artists. Plus LOADS of events happening at venues all around the area.
We promote ourselves with the lines "10 Days, 20 Venues, 100's of Artists" and for 2011 expect to be bigger still!
We also became an arts festival in 2010 too. The festival has grown and diversified year on year so for 2010 we renamed the festival to reflect that.